Public Schools in Prussia (1864-1911/13)

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II. Public Secondary Schools

Year	Schools	Classe (grades)	Teachers	Pupils	Pupils per class (grade)	Pupils per teacher	Pupils per 100 inhabitants
1864 1871 1878 1882 1886 1891 1896 1901 1906 1911 (1)	508 – 336 – 576 550 604 669 729 632	– – – – – – 4,482 5,701 6,760 5,951	2,233 – 2,328 – 4,015 4,310 4,904 6,306 7,699 6,134	90,899 – 72,039 – 134,937 131,270 143,097 188,221 216,786 180,729	– – – – – – 31.9 33.0 32.1 30.4	40.7 – 30.9 – 33.6 30.5 29.2 29.8 28.2 29.5	0.47 – 0.27 – 0.47 0.43 0.44 0.54 0.57 (0.45)

(1) Furthermore 12,638 children receive instruction in the upper grades that have been accommodated in the public primary schools; for this year there is no data for the number of schools, classes, and teachers.

Source: Schwarz, O., Der Staatshaushalt und die Finanzen Preußens [The State Budget and the Finances of Prussia], vol. II: Die Zuschussverwaltung [The Administration of Subventions]. Berlin 1900, pp. 380-381 (1864-1896); Statistisches Jahrbuch für den Preußischen Staat [Statistical Yearbook for the Prussian State] 1904, p. 139 (number of classes in 1896); 1910, pp. 215–216 (1901 and 1906); 1913, p. 406 and 407. Reprinted in Gerd Hohorst, Jürgen Kocka, and Gerhard A. Ritter, eds., Sozialgeschichtliches Arbeitsbuch: Materialien zur Statistik des Kaiserreichs 1870-1914. Munich, 1975, vol. 2, p. 158.